WBCA Podcasts

The Other Page Radio

Host Haywood Fennell Sr. covers topics literacy, veteran programs and Safety as well as bail with a personal life story.

Cooking In The Dark

Join Dale and Cheryl for some delicious standard pancakes and some potato pancakes.

Talk Of The Neighborhoods

On the 1st half, Don Gillis, author of "The Battle for Boston. On the 2nd half, Lew Finfer, Director of MA for Justice.

Life Matters

Brendan O'Connell interviews guest William Goodman (Full Time Volunteer & Prisoner of Conscience, Red Rose Rescue) about how he got involved with the Pro Life movement, being pardoned by President Trump after being imprisoned for violating the FACE Act, & more.

Words On Film

Today on "Words On Film", Dan Burke reviews "Fight or Flight", "Clown in a Cornfield", "The Alto Knights", and "Better Man". Mr. Burke also gives a spoken-word preview of movies subject to being released into theaters for the week of May 11th - 16th, 2025.

Urban Empowerment Today

Host Deborah Shariff speaks to Aust NeferKa, creator of Tehuti Ma'at Academy. Learn about the organization, its worker-owned cooperative structure, and its three pillars: healing, creativity, and education. NeferKa also speaks about African identity as something cosmic, and her preference to think of herself as someone of African "ascent". For more information: tehutimaat.org

Momdacity

Host & former WNBA star Rhonda Banchero invites NBC Boston journalist Kwani Lunis to the podcast to share her basketball & journalism background, how she ended up in Boston, all the shows she hosts & works for, how she manages such a busy career, the evolution of media & reporting, & much more!

The Mindful Aging Show

Sebra B. welcomes Dr. Angela Jamal back for a part 2 episode to discuss the healing arts, her books on health & mindfulness for teens & teachers, the effects of stress & how to combat it, studying & applying acupuncture & traditional Chinese medicine, & much more!

Boston Neighborhood Network News

With the opening of a new apartment building in Dorchester, Heading Home helps families move from shelters into permanent apartments. The Oak Square YMCA hosts a community conversation on ending the isolation epidemic. The Berklee Popular Music Institute (BPMI) hosts its 23rd annual artist showcase at Brighton Music Hall, with words from bands Park National and Glasshouse. Hear an interview with Donald Haynesworth, career coach at MassHire and JVS Boston, about how these programs help people who have faced incarceration, homelessness, and substance abuse with reentering the workforce.

 

The Village

Willie P. invites Dawn Simmons, 2023 Elliot Norton Award winning director, to the show to discuss working for Stage Source, her 2nd theater company The Front Porch Arts Collective, learning to be a director & her influences, the importance of working as a team, plays that she has written & produced, advice for those wanting to become directors, becoming Artistic Dir. of SpeakEasy Stage company, & more!

The Tape Deck Hour

Cuban Mic speaks to Rosa María Payá, a Cuban human rights and democracy activist. They discuss Night Is Not Eternal (2024), a documentary following her activism, as well as her father Oswaldo Payá, a political activist who opposed the Cuban Communist Party and is believed to have been killed by the Cuban government. They also discuss recent protests in Cuba, the reason for Cuban-Americans' increasing support for the Republican Party, as well as Cuba Decide, an initiative to change the nation's political system.

Cooking In The Dark

Join Dale and Cheryl for a tasty, freezer friendly chicken noodle casserole bake!

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Talk Of The Neighborhoods

This week on Talk of the Neighborhoods, former Dist. 7 City Councilor and Mayoral Candidate Tito Jackson joins us to talk about his successful business and his thoughts on the upcoming Dist. 7 Council race. Then, journalist Yawu Miller joins us to talk about the launch of his new online news publication The Flipside and its Boston political coverage.

Life Matters

Host Brendan O'Connell interviews Dave C. Reardon Ph.D. (Founder & Director, The Elliot Institute) about the negative mental effects of abortion, dishonesty of pro-abortion studies, USAID as policy to encourage abortion & depopulation in developing countries, the dangers of mail-ordered abortion pills, & more.

Boston Neighborhood Network News

Project Bread Walk for Hunger at Boston Common, Wake Up the Earth Festival in Jamaica Plain, Student Visa problems, Ben & Jerry's & Autism Eats Ice Cream Giveaway for Autism Awareness Month.

Stories From The She-Suite

Just in time for National Bike Month, Allyson McCalla, Shero of the Newport (RI) chapter of Black Girls Do Bike and director of operations of Bike Newport visits The Suite. She shares her enthusiasm for cycling and may just inspire you to hop on your bike and go for a spin! It’s just like riding a bike, after all!

Observations From The Trenches

Host Larry Higginbottom discusses the end of the 2nd reconstruction for ADOS & American blacks, the cutting of social & civil programs under the Trump administration, how these programs were meant to benefit blacks but were blanketed to all minorities, how there is no longer a lid to occupations for ADOS, & more.

Discovering The Law

This episode continues the diplomacy series, this time featuring special guest Tiago Araújo, the Consul General of Portugal in Boston.

Black Teachers Matter

Sharon Hinton invites author Denise Cosby to the show to discuss her book "Murder at Harvard's Kirkland House: A Mother's Worst Nightmare", her non-profit organization Just-in-Time, the loss of her son & inspiration for writing the book, details of the murder case, helping people make better decisions & heal from the loss of a loved one, & more.

WBCA Presents: Cat Clover

In this episode of WBCA Presents we join BNN's intern Paul Pesa as we speak with poet and artist Cat Clover. We'll dive into how artforms like poetry have helped guide her life journey, while she graces us with performances of her original poetry and songs.